B*A*P*S
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Director: Robert Townsend Run Time: 91 min. Format: DCP Rating: PG 13 Release Year: 1997
Starring: Halle Berry, Natalie Desselle-Reid, Martin Landau, Ian Richardson, Troy Byer
Waitresses at a Georgia restaurant, Nisi (Halle Berry) and Mickey (Natalie Desselle), decide to fly to Los Angeles for a music-video audition in order to raise money for their dream project — a business that combines soul-food dining with a hair salon. Circumstances eventually find the Southern ladies on the estate of Mr. Blakemore (Martin Landau), an elderly millionaire. Despite their vast cultural differences, Nisi and Mickey form close bonds with Blakemore and his butler (Ian Richardson).
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UPCOMING SPECIAL SCREENINGS
SEE ALLNitehawk Shorts Festival 2023: OPENING NITE
The first program of our festival includes themes of complex family relationships and intense grappling with bodily urges
Nitehawk Shorts Festival 2023: MATINEE TWO
Filmmakers in this program will challenge the way you might think of subject matter and genres in film
Nitehawk Shorts Festival 2023: NOBUDGE
An inventive mix of narrative and experimental filmmaking
Nitehawk Shorts Festival 2023: CLOSING NITE
Actors putting on shows in unexpected ways, lonely folks seeking connection and approaches to intimacy in a variety of forms